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An off-duty paramedic helped save a 7-year-old girl whose family's house caught fire on Thanksgiving night

Richard Recinos saw the girl just feet away from the fire while returning home from spending the holiday with his family

Savannah Vazquez, the child who was rescued, and her mom have expressed their gratitude toward Recinos for his heroic efforts

A paramedic is speaking out after helping save a 7-year-old girl whose family's house caught fire on Thanksgiving while he was off duty.

The two-story duplex caught fire shortly before midnight on Nov. 27 after two large trees went up in flames in front of the building on W. Oakwood Avenue, according to a Facebook post shared by the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Richard Recinos, an off-duty paramedic, spotted the blaze in

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